An Lushan led his troops into Xingyang, and the Taishou Cui Wu led the officers and soldiers to guard the city gate and resist the enemy with all their might, but his soldiers were timid and afraid to hear the sound of the rebels' war drums and horns, and they fell down in fright.

Without any accidents, An Lushan captured Xingyang, killed Cui Wu, and ordered his generals to guard Xingyang.

After that, An Lushan's rebels became even more powerful, and he ordered his generals Tian Chengsi, An Zhongzhi, and Zhang Xiaozhong to attack Tokyo as the vanguard.

Previously, Feng Changqing's recruits were civilians who had not undergone military training and had been recruited temporarily, and he led these soldiers to garrison Wujiao Pass to defend against the rebels.

The elite cavalry of the An Lushan rebels charged, and the officers and troops were defeated.

Feng Changqing collected the remnants of the army again, fought with the rebels in Kwai Yuan, and was defeated again.

The battle was fought inside the Upper East Gate, and the officers and troops were defeated again.

Ding You (12th), An Lushan captured Tokyo, and the rebels poured into the city from the gates on all sides. An Lushan indulged in the soldiers to burn, kill and loot.

Feng Changqing fought with the rebels at Dutingyi and was defeated again;

had to retreat to Xuanren Gate, and was defeated by the rebels;

As a last resort, Feng Changqing ordered to tear down the west wall of the Forbidden Garden, and led the army to flee westward.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Yin Daxi of Henan turned his head and led his troops to surrender to An Lushan.

Li (Wenshuiren) said to Lu Yi (Lu Huaishen's son) in the imperial history: "We shoulder the heavy responsibility entrusted by the imperial court, although we know that our strength is meager and we cannot resist the rebels, but we also have to die for the imperial court!"

Lu Yi agreed.

The left-behind Li collected hundreds of remnants of the soldiers, wanting to fight the rebels, not wanting these soldiers to collapse at all, and fleeing from him one after another, only the left-behind Li sat in the mansion.

Lu Yixian sent his wife to hide the Great Seal and fled to the capital from the path, while he sat in the imperial stage in court clothes, and the people on the left and right had also fled.

An Lushan led his troops to camp in the stables, and sent people to arrest Li, Lu Yi, and the interview judge Jiang Qing (Jiang Qinxu's son), preparing to kill them. Lu Yi scolded An Lushan, counted his ungrateful crimes, and said to the rebel henchmen: "Everyone should know that things are going against the grain." I won't lose my courtierhood when I die, what do I have to regret!".

Hearing this, An Lushan was furious, cut off his head with a knife, and appointed his confidant Zhang Wanqing as Henan Yin.

When Feng Changqing led the remnants of the army to flee to Shaanxi County, Dou Tingzhi, the Taishou of Shaanxi County, had fled to Hedong, and the officials and people had also fled.

Feng Changqing said to Gao Xianzhi: "I have been fighting bloody battles with the rebels for days, and the rebels are unstoppable. Besides, Tongguan is unguarded, and if the rebels break into the pass, the capital will be in danger. Shaanxi County can't be defended, so you might as well lead your troops to occupy Tongguan first to resist the rebels. ”

So Gao Xianzhi led all his troops to the west, preparing to go to Tongguan. Soon the rebels caught up, and the officers and soldiers fled in confusion, and the army was broken, and the soldiers and horses trampled on each other, and many died.

When the remnants of the defeated army retreated to Tongguan to reorganize the defensive equipment, the rebel pursuers arrived again, and the gate of Tongguan was closed, and the rebels had to retreat after a long time.

An Lushan sent Cui Gan to lead his troops to camp in Shaanxi County, so far Linru, Hongnong, Jiyin, Puyang, and Yunzhong counties all surrendered to An Lushan. At this time, the soldiers recruited by the imperial court from Zhudao had not yet arrived, and the people of Guanzhong were very panicked. It happened that An Lushan planned to be the emperor and stay in Tokyo and not attack again, so the imperial court got a respite to prepare for the war, and the recruited soldiers also arrived one after another.

An Lushan appointed Zhang Tongru's younger brother Zhang Tongyu as the Taishou of Suiyang, and together with Chen Liuchang Shi Yang Chaozong, he led more than 1,000 Hu cavalry to the east to attack the city and plunder the land.

As a result, the officials and people of the counties who were unwilling to surrender to the rebels raised troops in the name of Li Yi, the king of Wu. Jia Ben, the county lieutenant of Shanfu, led the officials and people to the south to attack Suiyang and killed the rebel general Zhang Tongmei. An Lushan's general Li Tingwang originally wanted to lead his troops to continue south, but after learning of this, he did not dare to march and retreated directly.

On the 15th of Gengzi, Xuanzong appointed Yongwang Li as the envoy of Shannan Jiedu, Jiangling Changshi Yuanwei (son of Yuan Guangyu) as his deputy envoy, Yingwang Li as the envoy of Jiannan Jiedu, and Shu County Governor Shi Cuiyuan as his deputy envoy. However, King Yong and King Ying took care of their lives and did not come to their posts in person.

Xuanzong wanted to personally take command to conquer An Lushan, Xin Chou (16th), issued a letter to order the crown prince to supervise the country, and said to the prime ministers: "I have been on the emperor's throne for almost 50 years, and I am too lazy to deal with political affairs, and I wanted to pass on the throne to the crown prince last autumn, and there are continuous floods and droughts, I don't want to leave these disasters to my descendants to bear, and I want to wait until the situation improves." Unexpectedly, Hu An Lushan raised troops to rebel, and I must personally go to the conquest and let the prince supervise the country. After the rebellion is put down, I will abdicate with peace of mind. ”

Yang Guozhong was greatly frightened when he heard this, and after retreating from the dynasty, he said to the three ladies of Korea, Yu Guo and Qin Guo: "The crown prince has long hated our Yang family's dictatorship, if he is allowed to be the emperor and win the world, the lives of me and my sisters will be in danger!"

Hearing this, the sisters of the Yang family hugged their heads and cried, panicked.

Yang Guozhong took the opportunity to let the three ladies persuade Yang Yuhuan, at this time Yang Yuhuan was ready to die, and Su Tong and I were also ready to leave the Tang Dynasty Immortal Realm, and we looked at this matter very lightly.

Yang Yuhuan said to the three sisters with a little sentimentality: "Sister, now not only the Yang family is going to lose, but my sister's life is also going to be gone, is there still a need to persuade me?"

"Yes, our Yang family will not be defeated, as long as the emperor is still on the throne, our Yang family will not be defeated. Mrs. Yang Yuzheng said with a tough attitude.

Yang Yuhuan shook his head slightly and said lightly: "In that case, you three go and persuade me, I am powerless." ”

The three sisters didn't know how to dissuade Tang Xuanzong Li Longji, and he temporarily gave up his plan to abdicate.

Pingyuan Taishou Yan Zhenqing recruited warriors, and more than 10,000 people were recruited in ten days, and he cried bitterly and told these soldiers that he planned to raise troops to attack An Lushan, and the warriors were moved by him.

An Lushan ordered his confidant Duan Ziguang to take the heads of Li, Lu Yi and Jiang Qing to show off in the counties and counties of Hebei.

When Duan Ziguang arrived on the plain, Ren Yin (17th), Yan Zhenqing grabbed Duan Ziguang and beheaded him to show the public. He also took off the heads of Li and the other three, attached them to their heads with pampas grass, put them in coffins, and then mourned and wept to accept condolences and bury them.

An Lushan appointed Liu Daoxuan, the shipping envoy, to act as the Taishou of Jingcheng, and Jia Zai, the governor of Qingchi County, and Mu Ning, a native of Hanoi, the governor of Yanshan County, killed Liu Daoxuan together, obtained more than 50 ships of armor and weapons, and then took Liu Daoxuan's head to see Changshi Li, who arrested the Yanzhuang clan and killed them all. On the same day, Liu Daoxuan's head was sent to the plain.

Yan Zhenqing summoned Jia Zai, Mu Ning, and Zhang Tang, the county lieutenant of Qinghe, to the plains to plan a joint resistance against the rebels.

Raoyang guarded Lu Quancheng to occupy the county seat and did not accept An Lushan's surrender;

Li Huan, the justice of Hejian County, killed Huaizhong, the king of Hechangshi, appointed by An Lushan;

Li Sui sent You Yi to cross the Yellow River and kill Boping Taishou Ma Ji appointed by An Lushan.

These loyal men each had thousands or 10,000 soldiers, and jointly elected Yan Zhenqing as the leader of the alliance, and military operations were all under his command.

An Lushan sent Zhang Xiancheng to lead a total of 10,000 troops from Shanggu, Boling, Changshan, Zhaojun, Wen'an and other five counties to surround Raoyang.

Gao Xianzhi led his troops to the east, and the eunuch Bian Lingcheng begged him many times for something, but Gao Xianzhi didn't listen to most of them.

For this reason, Bian Lingcheng held a grudge, and when he entered the court, he reported to Xuanzong about the defeat of Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing, and said: "Feng Changqing used the powerful power of the rebels to shake the morale of the army, and Gao Xianzhi lost hundreds of miles of land in Shaanxi County for no reason, and also stole the food and materials of the soldiers. ”

Tang Xuanzong was very angry when he heard this, and on the 18th of the year, he sent Bian Lingcheng to the army with an edict to kill Gao Xianzhi and Feng Changqing.